March 2024
Former top judge Allsop to Hong Kong court
Democracy activists say Australian judges are taking China’s ‘dirty jobs’ after ex Federal Court chief Justice James Allsop joined Hong Kong’s Final Court of Appeal.
- Michael Pelly and Michael Smith
June 2022
Why Judith Neilson took back her journo institute
The billionaire lost her conduit to the board of the journalism funder, and its independent directors soon departed.
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- Michael Bailey
March 2022
UK judges quit Hong Kong court, citing lost freedoms
Beijing’s imposition of a strict national security law on Hong Kong has put the courts under pressure to uphold the government’s crackdown on dissent.
- Austin Ramzy
November 2020
James Wolfensohn the 'Henry Kissinger of banking'
Receiving plaudits from five former prime ministers says something about the value of James Wolfensohn, who has died aged 86.
- Matthew Cranston
October 2020
Hong Kong bar pleads with foreign judges to keep serving
Pressure is building on UK judges after Beijing imposed a security law on the territory.
- Primrose Riordan, Nicolle Liu and Jane Croft
September 2020
More Hong Kong judges tipped to quit over national security fears
The resignation of a prominent Australian judge from Hong Kong's top court has shocked the city's legal community and raised fears others will follow.
- Michael Smith
James Spigelman leaves Hong Kong's top court
Australian judge James Spigelman has resigned from the territory's high court in what is seen as the latest blow to the city's rule of law.
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- Michael Smith